2017 Champion of Champions

The 2017 188BET Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]

188BET Champion of Champions
Tournament information
Dates6–12 November 2017
VenueRicoh Arena
CityCoventry
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£370,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (138)
Final
Champion Shaun Murphy
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score10–8
← 2016
2018 →

John Higgins was the defending champion, but was whitewashed 0–6 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round.[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 900th century in the semi-final against Anthony Hamilton.

Shaun Murphy won the tournament, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in the final.[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £100,000[5]
  • Runner-up: £50,000
  • Losing semi-finalist: £25,000
  • Group runner-up: £17,500
  • First round losers: £12,500
  • Total: £370,000

Players

Qualification for the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of 24 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2016 Champion of Champions to the 2017 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 snooker seasons. The tournaments have been split into groups to determine the order of qualification, with the winners of the first sixteen listed tournaments guaranteed a place.[1][6]

The following players qualified for the tournament:[7][8]

SeedPlayerQualified asDate of tournament finalDate qualification confirmed
1 John HigginsWinner of 2016 Champion of Champions
Winner of 2017 Championship League
Winner of 2017 Indian Open
Runner-up of 2017 World Snooker Championship		12 November 2016
2 March 2017
16 September 2017
1 May 2017		12 November 2016
2 Mark SelbyWinner of 2016 UK Championship
Winner of 2017 China Open
Winner of 2017 World Snooker Championship
Winner of 2017 International Championship		4 December 2016
2 April 2017
1 May 2017
5 November 2017		4 December 2016
Ronnie O'SullivanWinner of 2017 Masters
Winner of 2017 English Open		22 January 2017
22 October 2017		22 January 2017
Anthony HamiltonWinner of 2017 German Masters5 February 20175 February 2017
Barry HawkinsWinner of 2017 World Grand Prix12 February 201712 February 2017
Judd TrumpWinner of 2017 Players Championship
Winner of 2017 European Masters		12 March 2017
8 October 2017		12 March 2017
Luca BrecelWinner of 2017 China Championship22 August 201722 August 2017
Ding JunhuiWinner of 2017 World Cup
Winner of 2017 World Open		9 July 2017
24 September 2017		24 September 2017
Mark KingWinner of 2016 Northern Ireland Open20 November 201620 November 2016
Marco FuWinner of 2016 Scottish Open18 December 201618 December 2016
Shaun MurphyWinner of 2017 Gibraltar Open5 March 201729 April 2017
Ryan DayWinner of 2017 Riga Masters25 June 201716 September 2017
Michael WhiteWinner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic27 August 20177 October 2017
Liang WenboWinner of 2017 World Cup9 July 201722 October 2017
Anthony McGillWinner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out26 February 201724 October 2017
Neil RobertsonWinner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters22 July 20175 November 2017
Notes

Main draw
Group semi-finals (Last 16)
Best of 7 frames 		Group finals (Quarter-finals)
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
John Higgins (1) 4
Anthony McGill 0
John Higgins (1) 0
Group 4 (9 November)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
Neil Robertson 1
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Anthony Hamilton 2
Ding Junhui 2
Anthony Hamilton 4
Anthony Hamilton 6
Group 1 (6 November)
Ryan Day 4
Barry Hawkins 2
Ryan Day 4
Ronnie O'Sullivan 8
Shaun Murphy 10
Marco Fu 3
Michael White 4
Michael White 4
Group 2 (7 November)
Shaun Murphy 6
Shaun Murphy 4
Mark King 2
Shaun Murphy 6
Luca Brecel 4
Judd Trump 0
Luca Brecel 4
Luca Brecel 6
Group 3 (8 November)
Mark Selby (2) 4
Mark Selby (2) 4
Liang Wenbo 3

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2017.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England		 8–10 Shaun Murphy
 England
Afternoon: 103–31 (97), 98–27 (98), 63–68, 1–70 (70), 27–92 (85), 7–82 (53), 134–0 (65, 61), 105–32 (72), 54–57
Evening: 39–92 (86), 37–83, 0–134 (74, 56), 83–46, 17–83 (71), 76–31 (54), 132–0 (108), 106–1 (68), 71–74
108 Highest break 86
1 Century breaks 0
8 50+ breaks 7

Century breaks

Total: 20

References
  1. "2017 Qualifying Criteria Announced - Champion of Champions Snooker". 30 January 2017.
  2. "Champion of Champions: John Higgins beats Ronnie O'Sullivan". BBC Sport. 12 November 2016.
  3. "Champion of Champions: Shaun Murphy beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in final". BBC Sport. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "Prize Fund - Champion of Champions Snooker".
  5. "Champion of Champions returns to Ricoh". World Snooker. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. "Provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Snooker Tour" (PDF).
  7. "Qualifying List 2017 - Champion of Champions Snooker". 1 November 2017.
  8. "188BET CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS DRAW ANNOUNCED - Champion of Champions Snooker". 2 November 2017.
  9. "Stuart Bingham banned over betting on snooker matches". 24 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
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